CoWIN Portal

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The CoWIN portal, where the Union and State governments had together recorded over two billion vaccination doses for COVID-19, has been down since early August, a weeks-long outage that has locked many residents in India out of their vaccination certificates.

About CoWIN Portal

• The COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network (CoWIN) portal was launched on January 16, 2021, as a digital platform for the administration of COVID-19 vaccination in India.
• Citizens can locate nearby vaccination centers, check slot availability, and book appointments online. 
• It also provides access to vaccination certificates and updates on vaccination drives.
• The CoWIN platform is owned by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and was earlier the platform used for conducting Pulse Polio and other crucial immunisation programmes across the country. 
  • The same platform has been expanded for doling out Covid-19 vaccines and the Ministry of Electronics and IT, along with the National Informatics Center are handling the backend and the tech infrastructure for it.
• This platform assists the program managers across all levels through automated session allocation for pre-registered beneficiaries, their verification, and for generating a digital certificate upon successful completion of the vaccine schedule.
• The system allows for creation of users (admins, supervisors, vaccinators), registration of beneficiaries (bulk upload and individual registration), facilities/planning unit and session sites followed by planning and scheduling sessions, and implementation of the vaccination process. 
• The CoWIN system on a real-time basis will track not only the beneficiaries but also the vaccines at the national, state and the district levels. 
• This will allow the system to monitor the utilization, wastage, and coverage of COVID-19 vaccination at National, State, District and Sub-District level.
• The key features of the CoWIN platform are
  • Blended registration– Beneficiaries can register online or on-site (walk-in) at the Vaccination Centre
  • Beneficiaries can book online appointments based on convenience of time and choice of location
  • Track Vaccination Schedule 
  • Instant Digital vaccination Certificate with certificate correction utility 
  • Multilingual portal with 12 languages.
  • Mobile application for their ease of use for vaccinator 
  • Vaccine Stock Management 
  • Publishing of Vaccine Schedules in advance
  • Real-Time Dashboards (x) tracking of Adverse Event Following Immunization (AEFI). 
  • Digital Covid-19 vaccination Certificate tracking 
  • Facility-wise coverage.

Source: TH

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